Malaysian authorities have sent 66 Muslim schoolboys identified by teachers as effeminate to a four-day camp where they will receive counseling on masculine behavior to discourage them from being gay, an official said Tuesday.
Gay rights advocates decried the measure as a symptom of widespread homophobia in this Muslim-majority country where gay sex is illegal.
The boys between 13 and 17 years old reported Monday for what is officially being called a "self-development course" after their schoolteachers in Terengganu state identified them as students who displayed effeminate mannerisms, said Razali Daud, the state's education director.
They will undergo religious and motivational classes and physical guidance, Razali said. He declined to give further details. More...
Don't miss:
- Malaysian gay-themed movie a smash hit at the box office...
- HIV positive gay Casanova in Malaysia cons 200 young men via Facebook !!!
- 'Poco-poco' dance outlawed in Malaysia for Muslims...
- Uganda gay rights activist beaten to death...
- Female athletes targets for "corrective" rape in South Africa...
- Woman attacks ‘evil homosexual’ Gauguin painting!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment